"It's here, finally! I didn't think those bandits would make it through the woods." Fisricas said as the Harpies came into the view of the courtyard, carrying the Al with them.
The Harpies dropped the Al right before Fisricas, a small troll like creature who stood no more than four feet off the ground. Nevertheless with just one wave of his hand the troll was able to suppress the Al and make it docile and peaceful. It was a highly advanced spell he was given by his master to tame Dinosaurs specifically. It would only work a short while on the Tyrannosaurus Al however given its greater immunity to magics.
"Such a spectacular creature. I'm sure we'll be able to make something out of you." Fisricas said with glee before he led the Tyrannosaurus Al through the castle doors and down the massive hall, which was beautiful and lavishly decorated and filled with all kinds of strange creatures dancing and celebrating. Ironically despite the beauty of the castle, Tyresian insisted on living in the castle's mouldy and dingy crypt.
In truth Tyresian preferred living in squalor like many of the monstrosities in this forest, but at the same time he wanted his base of operations to seem somewhat more extravagant than those of the common monsters that lived in these godforsaken woods to demonstrate his status as their king.
The crowd all stopped at the sight of the Tyrannosaurus Al, with one of the guests, a living statue asking if it could pet the Dinosaur, though Fisricas refused, scared that any form of contact might break the spell.
The Dinosaur was led down to the crypt where Tyresian was amusing himself with the ghost of a former enemy that he was twisting into various different kinds of monstrous forms.
"I can't decide which form would be best for him to haunt these woods?" The Witch King said with a perverse pleasure. As soon as Tyresian saw the Al however he halted his sadistic little game, for the time being.
"It's fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. Look at it. Such power, I can feel the magic coursing through its veins from here. Just think what will happen when that magic is corrupted." The witch king said with glee.
"I dare say once the Al has been altered it could take on the black Tyrannosaurus himself my lord."
"Of course it could." Tyresian said proudly.
"This will be my masterpiece don't you understand. My ultimate triumph over Dynamos to corrupt one of their favourite beasts into my pet. Get the pit ready."
The effects of the magic started to wear off and the Al became agitated, but Tyresian was able to calm it back down again.
"Don't worry, don't worry my little friend. You're going to be the new king of this forest." The witch king said as he patted the Dinosaur on the head.
"Sisia please listen to me, there's still a part of you in there. Your soul. The Demon won't have got that yet. It's always the hardest part to transform. Any hack can rearrange a body. It's just molecules, but the soul? That's stronger, if you hold on now you'll."
Before Diassa could even finish Sisia overpowered one of the fleeing Scorisio and tore several of its organs out as the monster pitifully begged for mercy. Sisia then smeared them over her face and let out a hideous Demonic cackle before placing her hands around Jade's neck.
Jade tried to fight back by using her own chains to repeatedly hit the Sisia in the face. The Demon responded however by tearing the chains off Jade's hand. As it prepared to do the same to her head, Jade stuck her free hand straight into Sisia's blue chest. She had no idea what that would accomplish, but there didn't seem to be any other weak spot in the monsters armour.
The Demon screamed in agony and Jade pushed her hand in deeper and deeper until the monster had to back away. Jade was also in tremendous pain, with her hand feeling as though it was being crushed, but she managed to hold out longer than Sisia. After the Demon collapsed however, Jade saw that her hand was now glowing the same colour. She was still in pain, but her hand felt a lot stronger at least.
With her new found strength Jade ripped the remaining chains off of both her and Diassa.
Meanwhile with Sisia having driven away most of the cowardly Scorisio, their planned meal, the Gyslox was able to break free, its strength now having completely returned. The monster however surprisingly didn't go after its former captors or even Diassa and Jade. Instead it headed down the main square.
"I guess he realised who he was dealing with." Jade said jokingly as she clutched her glowing hand in pain.
"It's going after the humans. According to the legends the Gyslox has an intense hatred of humans." Diassa said.
"Well it is a Demon." Jade replied.
"The Gyslox's hatred is beyond that of most other Demons. It will always head for them first, regardless of what other threats there are. We have to go now."
As Diassa prepared to use his magic to lift himself and Jade up, Jade's entire body suddenly began to glow blue for a few seconds. She struck Diassa with her tail and then wrapped it around him. Roaring and hissing with rage, she very nearly crushed the wizard before regaining her senses, after which her body, except for her hand stopped glowing.
"I'm sorry that, that thing did something to my hand. You need to help me."
Diassa tried casting several spells to offset the Demonic infection, but as this was a new type of Demon, none of his magic tricks worked.
"If we get back to the castle, then I'm sure there will be something I can whip up, but we have to save the others from that monster first." Diassa said.
"How are we going to do that."
"I have an idea. It's not a very good one." Diassa replied.
"Yours never are?"
"Well this is bad even by my standards, but it might work, maybe, probably not, but at least we might take down our captors with us."
"Sounds good to me. What do you want me to do."
"Just cover me. I can't be disturbed."
The Gyslox Demon headed for the Scorisio's cage just as Diassa had predicted. All of the prisoners tried to push the door open, but it was no use. It was sealed with magic. The giant simply stared at the terrified humans for a few moments, or appeared to, it was hard to tell with the monsters eyeless face. One of its tentacles soon reached out between the bars and grabbed one of the human prisoners by the throat who then began to turn into a hideous yellow skinned monster. The transformation took less than a minute and the first thing the prisoner did was attack and kill the prisoner next to him by snapping her neck.
The others all tried to jump the monster at once, but the Gyslox spewed yellow puss all over the prisoners. It smelt so putrid and disgusting that Shelly was actually sick.
"I really hope that thing just eats us now." Mukinsa said as she wiped the disgusting yellow slime from her eyes. The Gyslox preferred its prey to be covered in the yellow slime as it made it taste better.
The giant then ripped open the top of the cage with its tendrils, and scooped up two more of the prisoners in its jaws. The monster however despite having a devastatingly powerful bite chewed its victims slowly to savor its meal. Whilst it was enjoying its meal, the giant Demon knocked the cage over and the rest of the prisoners did their best to try and crawl out through the roof.
Mukinsa naturally pushed her way past everyone else and was one of the first to crawl out of the cage. She had even pushed another prisoner into the way of the Demonic prisoner.
Outside however the Gyslox's tendril like tentacles started to reach out and grab hold of all of the prisoners who had been the first to escape, except for Mukinsa, who true to form pushed yet another one of the other prisoners in front as the tendril reached for her.
As the Gyslox towered over the few surviving prisoners. Shelly could swear she heard the monster laughing.
Fortunately before it, or the Demons it had created could strike, the Scorisio started to fight back. Seizing their opportunity to attack their intended meal whilst the Gyslox was vulnerable. They stabbed several, glowing magical ropes with spikes on the end of them into the Gyslox's flesh, whilst the prisoners took the opportunity to try and run.
As the prisoners reached the end of the nearest street however a large Dinosaur started to materialise. It was none other than the black Tyrannosaurus.
The prisoners naturally fled, but fortunately the Dinosaur wasn't interested in them. Instead it went for the Gyslox. The Scorisio who were struggling to hold the giant Demon down all mostly fled at the sight of the Tyrannosaur too, though it was still able to catch and swallow one of the Scorisio's leaders in a single bite.
The Gyslox pulled itself back to face its new enemy, and all of the Scorisio's spikes fell out of its flesh, with the wounds instantly healing. The Gyslox then using its tendrils reached out and snatched a further five Scorisio, mutating them into Demons too. With a roar, the Gyslox seemed to command its lesser Demons to attack the Tyrannosaur. Two of the lesser Demons jumped onto the Tyrannosaurs head, whilst another two started to attack its legs from behind in an effort to trip the giant.
At the very least the lesser Demons disoriented the Tyrannosaurus long enough for the Gyslox to deliver a bite to the Dinosaurs back, which very nearly brought the Demonic Dinosaur to its knees.
The Tyrannosaur however soon recovered and managed to kick the two Demons by its feet away. The Dinosaur then rammed head first into a building, crushing the two Demons that were attacking its head. It then swatted two more away with its tail (killing one in the process)and devoured yet another.
The final Demon ran away despite its masters commands only to be jumped by two more Scorisio who subdued the beast and dragged it away.
The Tyrannosaur and the Gyslox then faced one another down. Both weren't used to being confronted with a creature of a similar size, but both monsters soon overcame their fear and attacked one another.
The Gyslox bit the Tyrannosaurus in the leg and pulled the Dinosaur on its back, after which it then dragged the great reptile down the street. As the Tyrannosaur struggled to pull free, the Gyslox wrapped its tentacles around the Dinosaurs throat and started to choke it. The Tyrannosaurus however managed to land a good bite on one of the beasts tentacles and not only bit through the beasts tentacle completely, it tore several more off, after which it then pulled its leg free from the Gyslox's mouth, and delivered a powerful kick to the giant Demon's face.
The Tyrannosaurus then hoisted itself up, but the Gyslox this time wrapped itself around the Tyrannosaurs entire body like a snake and clamped its jaws around either side of the Dinosaurs head.
The Tyrannosaurus' legs however were still free and it tried the same trick again and ran head first into a nearby building, smashing it to pieces. The Gyslox held on however and clamped its jaws down even harder, but the Tyrannosaur kept smashing itself into the ruins of the once great city, until eventually the Dinosaur tripped up and fell head first into the ground.
The Tyrannosaur wasn't beat yet however and rolled onto its back, trapping the Gyslox under its weight. The Tyrannosaur then continued to push its body weight down on the Demonic snake, which in response delivered a flurry of bites to the Dinosaur. Eventually both creatures let go of one another. The Gyslox tried to slither away, but the Tyrannosaur went in for a bite, only to be assaulted by the Gyslox's tentacle. Though the Tyrannosaur bit several more of the Demons tentacles off, there were so many of them furiously attacking the Dinosaur at once that the Tyrannosaur backed away and stumbled backwards through another building.
The Gyslox turned round and headed for the Tyrannosaurus, but the Dinosaur was able to smack the Demon in the face with its massive tail, knocking two of its teeth out and sending it crashing into a building.
The Tyrannosaurus then hoisted itself back on its feet, but again the Gyslox was too quick and it managed to not only land a bite on the side of the monster, but also bombard it with constant hits from its tentacles. At first the Tyrannosaurus seemed to back away from the pain, and its legs even seemed to give way.
The Dinosaur however in desperation and fear (something it had never experienced) became more determined and bit furiously through the Demons tentacles managing to rip dozens more off until it landed a deep bite on the monsters side.
The Gyslox in response bit into the Tyrannosaur, and two animals held on, sinking their teeth in as deep as the could go, but ultimately the Tyrannosaurus' bite was several times harder than the Gyslox and in a matter of minutes it tore straight through the Demons bones. The Gyslox collapsed from the shock and the Dinosaur then delivered multiple furious bites to the Demon while it was down, ripping off massive chunks of flesh and bone, until it finished its rival for good. The Tyrannosaurs wounds healed almost instantly as it continued to tear its kill to pieces.
The prisoners meanwhile had fled back to the very edge of the city. Shelly had wanted to stay and see who would win, but thankfully Kelina didn't indulge her. Unfortunately however just as before an invisible force was preventing them from leaving.
"It doesn't make sense. How could that Dinosaur enter the city?" Kelina said in frustration.
As the prisoners tried to push hard against the invisible barrier, none of them noticed Sisia emerging in the distance from between two ruins.